Pharmaco test has ended. :)
It’s such a relief.

 

Spent 3 hours reading this book “My Son, Yo-Yo” as told by Marina Ma, his mum.

It speaks of Yo Yo Ma’s  life before he entered adulthood.

He was a child prodigy, born into a musical family. He started playing the cello at 4 and performed with his sis (on the piano) at 6 in alongside many acclaimed musicians.

As talented as he was, his father never failed to instill a deep sense of discipline in him. That was my take-home message for today!

DISCIPLINE.

Our conductor once said “If you don’t have discipline, don’t talk about music.” (He was referring to punctuality issue.)

One of my weaknesses is that I tend to do things according to my MOOD.

There is a fine line between habits and discipline. There is no sense of commitment in the former, but for ‘discipline’ it is “In spite of _____, I still choose to ______ (Practise, study, pray… And so forth.) because it is my responsibility.”

 

Another take-home message by YoYoMa’s father: Don’t believe in compliments.

After all, we know for ourselves how we actually fare.

By believing, we can actually become complacent and not strive to do better. But of course, we should be gracious and accept the compliments.

Again, there is a fine line between “confidence” and “complacency”.

“Confidence” is KNOWING you can do something whereas “complacency” is THINKING you can do something.

(According to my own interpretation of the words.)

 

So something for me to think about since I have some discipline and complacency issues!

I was so absorbed in that book, that after 3 hours of reading, I was nearly BLIND. Lol…

 

If only lectures were that interesting.